marcuscleaver · Attorney General's Reference No. 1 of 2022 [2022] EWCA Crim 1259 Political protests continue to dominate the headlines as the courts try to get the balance right between prosecuting offences and upholding freedom of expression. This week we ask whether the Attorney General
marcuscleaver · McCann and Healy v Portugal (Application No. 57195/17) 15 years ago Maddie McCann went missing in Portugal. Now they face the former police inspector in the European Court of Human Rights. Subscribe: uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com
marcuscleaver · R v Andrewes [2022] UKSC 24 A man finds out the consequences of lying on his CV. uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com
marcuscleaver · R v Luckhurst [2022] UKSC 23 A financial investment adviser who is due to go on trial for fraud asked the court to adjust a restraint order that froze his assets so that he could pay legal expenses in relation to civil proceedings
marcuscleaver · HA (Iraq) v Secretary of State of State for the Home Department [2022] UKSC 22 What are the tests that should be used by judges when deciding whether or not to deport foreign criminals and what factors should be taken into account? In
marcuscleaver · Harpur Trust v Brazel [2022] UKSC 21 In this case the Supreme Court was asked to consider two different methods of working out holiday pay. One was more favourable to workers while the other was closer to the method found in EU case
marcuscleaver · Basfar v Wong [2022] USKC 20 After a Filipino woman allegedly worked in conditions of modern slavery for a Saudi diplomat she brought a case against him in the employment tribunal. Should the diplomat be allowed to rely on his diplomatic immunity to
marcuscleaver · Hastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd [2022] UKSC 19 After a hip replacement went wrong, the appellant in this case decided to sue the manufacturer. In this episode we look at consumer protection law and discuss the appropriate burden of proof uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from
marcuscleaver · Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd v Compton Beauchamp Estates Ltd [2022] UKSC 18 Legal cases are all about the interpretation of words but what are courts to do when those words only have vague and amorphous meaning? In this telecommunications case the Supreme Court
marcuscleaver · In the Matter of H-W (Children) (No. 1 & 2) [2022] UKSC 17 This week the Supreme Court discusses the circumstances under which children should be removed from their parents and the importance of considering other courses of action. uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com